April 2011 marks the completion of “Metropol Parasol”, the redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville. Designed by J. MAYER H. architects, this project has already become the new landmark for the city. It offers an archaeological museum, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols.

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Tofer Chin‘s latest show in Rio de Janeiro, “Fourteen Black”, runs until 30 April 2011 as part of Rojo’s Nova project.To address the project’s theme about the absence of light, Chin placed 14 tall, black triangles—a shape that regularly appears in his work—around the Patos Lagoon in the Jardim Botanico neighborhood. The wooden, acrylic-coated “black stalagmites” are meant to be “living and breathing souls, ghosts, spirits, voids, shadows.”

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WEWOOD has emerged out of Italy as an emblem of eco-luxury and design, committed to the health of our planet. WEWOOD is the avant-garde approach to sophisticated sustainability. Their wooden watches demonstrate that being eco-friendly is no barrier to style or luxury. For every Wewood watch purchased, a tree is planted.

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“Emoticons – The emotional meaning of form, shape & music” is a book and a furniture collection by designer and illustrator Tomas Ekström that explores emotional design. His exploration of emotional design began with the question “How do you design happiness?”. The properties that make up each media is methodically investigated to communicate a specific emotional message.

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FIERCE FESTIVAL is a Birmingham live art festival that returns after a break with new young curators. This year the programming combines subtle interventions in experience of public space. From Tuesday 22nd – Sunday 27th March there are six days of shows, events, parties and installations across the city.

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Because the primary input method of the iPad is a single piece of multitouch glass, developers have incredible flexibility to design unique user interfaces. To spotlight these differences, designer George Kokkinidis looked at the only fragments that remain from using an app: fingerprints.